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.Dd March 3, 1999
.Dt KLDFIND 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm kldfind
.Nd returns the fileid of a kld file
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/param.h
.In sys/linker.h
.Ft int
.Fn kldfind "const char *file"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn kldfind
system call
returns the fileid of the kld file referenced by
.Fa file .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn kldfind
system call
returns the fileid of the kld file referenced by
.Fa file .
Upon error,
.Fn kldfind
returns -1 and sets
.Va errno
to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Va errno
is set to the following if
.Fn kldfind
fails:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EFAULT
The data required for this operation could not be read from the kernel space.
.It Bq Er ENOENT
The file specified is not loaded in the kernel.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr kldfirstmod 2 ,
.Xr kldload 2 ,
.Xr kldnext 2 ,
.Xr kldstat 2 ,
.Xr kldsym 2 ,
.Xr kldunload 2 ,
.Xr modfind 2 ,
.Xr modfnext 2 ,
.Xr modnext 2 ,
.Xr modstat 2 ,
.Xr kld 4 ,
.Xr kldstat 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm kld
interface first appeared in
.Fx 3.0 .
